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The Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Our Cardiac Rehabilitation Program has three phases.

Phase I occurs while a patient is still in the hospital, recovering from a heart attack. The rehab in the early days is more educational than physical, including videos and one-on-one learning sessions with skilled cardiac nurses.

Phase II, patients who have had a heart attack, bypass surgery, angioplasty, or other heart-related episodes, learn how to live with the heart ailment. The emphasis is on conditioning the heart by strengthening it through exercise.

Phase III is more like a beginning than an ending. Patients continue their newly formed healthy life style habits, including aerobic exercise. This phase is the maintenance portion of the program. Patients attend exercise sessions, where pulse and blood pressures are monitored to detect any changes during exertion.

The program also offers a support group.  Cardiac ComeBack meets monthly September through May.  If you would like additional information, please visit the ComeBack page.

Also of interest may be the Heart Failure Clinic (click here for additional information.)

If you have questions, please contact the department at Extension 4303

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